I'm convinced that a pothole I hit the other night has caused some slight damage to one of my new alloys
Has anyone managed a successful claim?
Has anyone managed a successful claim?
Anyone successfully claimed for pothole damage?
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By the seaside...
I tried a while ago with Lambeth council after my previous M hit one and shook the exhaust flange to death resulting in a semi-attached backbox until I could get bespoke new onces created (originals are a flaky affair). Got sent round the houses to various council offices and people before giving up and realising I was wasting valuable life time.
My brother in law is currently claiming for two wrote off wheels he did a couple if weeks ago.
We put a claim in some years ago. A massive pot hole totally trashed a wheel. Rang the council and went to get photos and it was freshly repaired. They then denied it had just been repaired and wouldn't pay out.
We put a claim in some years ago. A massive pot hole totally trashed a wheel. Rang the council and went to get photos and it was freshly repaired. They then denied it had just been repaired and wouldn't pay out.
Currently going through a claim with my son. Have to say my mission is to make my neck of the woods pothole free and consequently I report road defects via "Fill That Hole". More and more I'm also putting up photo's from the dash cam. Fortunately the one that wrecked my sons almost new tyre was id'd and photo'd by me and posted on FTH. Council cannot deny its existence and I suspect we have a very strong case especially as it was repaired 2 days later.
Can't stress enough how important it is to publicise potholes because it severely weakens a councils "didn't know anything about it" excuses.
Can't stress enough how important it is to publicise potholes because it severely weakens a councils "didn't know anything about it" excuses.
A few years ago, I managed to get Darwen and Blackburn council pay for a replacement tyre, when the sidewall of my Puma's wheel was ripped out by a cats eye that had become exposed as the tarmac crumbled away around it. I'd clipped it during an (ahem) enthusiatic drive over Blackburn Moor - which came to an embarrasing end when I couldn't undo the wheel nuts and had to call the recovery truck out... It was suprisingly straightforward to claim once I'd got hold of the highway department, but I'd got photos of the offending bit of road before they turned up a couple of days later to fix it. I only had to replace the tyre, but had to sign away any right to go back to them in the event anything else on the car turned out to have been damaged.
Nelly Welly
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I successfully managed to claim for two wheels and tyres after an approach to a a bridge developed a pothole. I informed the council of the damage the next morning and had photos. Their insurance paid out fairly quickly but finally bulked when I wanted the cost of optiline for the four wheels.
Admittedly it was a rather large ford galaxy with nearly 400k miles on the clock so maybe I was pushing it.
Admittedly it was a rather large ford galaxy with nearly 400k miles on the clock so maybe I was pushing it.
My colleague at work suffered a puncture to her run flat and a buckled alloy from a pothole. She is currently processing a claim against the council but the documents they required were enough to put anyone off.
I think it's definitely worth trying though.
Will advise the outcome
I think it's definitely worth trying though.
Will advise the outcome
BRC said:
I think that is the key to achieving an accepted claim against the LA.
Similar story here...
We had the displeasure of hitting a massive pothole on a rainy night last week, in the F20 up in the Bucks countryside.
Bearing in mind we were going uphill in a 40 zone, we heard a massive thud. What was scarier was that we didn't even see the hole, because the road was so shiny and wet in the dark.
We pulled over at the top of the hill and inspected the car. The tyres were all intact, on inspection, but when we got back on the road over 50 mph, we could feel a vibration in the car.
Took it to the dealer, expecting to hear we'd cracked a rim, or maybe a tie rod. Dealer calls at lunch, telling me we have 3 buckled wheels.
OUCH. Both passenger wheels, and the nearside front wheel are wrecked.
We're quoted £330 for the front wheels and £350 for the rear + VAT and fitting, plus something called 'rec kds and adjustments' <-- what's that?
I went back on Tuesday to take photos of the road, and unfortunately, the biggest holes on that stretch have already been patched. We don't live nearby, so I couldn't get up there sooner, but now I think we have a toughie trying to claim back from the council, because I can't tell the depth of the hole(s) before it was repaired.
In any case, I filmed a video walking from the base of the hill up to the spot where the section of pot holes are, and also took photos, where I was measuring the potholes (the biggest one was 36" long).
It obviously stinks to have such a massive repair bill on a 63 plate car, especially through no fault of our own.
We're hesitant to claiming on car insurance, we don't have alloy wheel insurance (not that this would be covered anyhow). Getting compensation from the council is the obvious route, but I couldn't help but notice an article mentioning that Bucks CC only paid out 2% of pothole claims last year. Nevertheless, we're writing a FOI request to find out about maintenance and repair to that road.
Sounds like FTH is my next calling point.
We had the displeasure of hitting a massive pothole on a rainy night last week, in the F20 up in the Bucks countryside.
Bearing in mind we were going uphill in a 40 zone, we heard a massive thud. What was scarier was that we didn't even see the hole, because the road was so shiny and wet in the dark.
We pulled over at the top of the hill and inspected the car. The tyres were all intact, on inspection, but when we got back on the road over 50 mph, we could feel a vibration in the car.
Took it to the dealer, expecting to hear we'd cracked a rim, or maybe a tie rod. Dealer calls at lunch, telling me we have 3 buckled wheels.
OUCH. Both passenger wheels, and the nearside front wheel are wrecked.We're quoted £330 for the front wheels and £350 for the rear + VAT and fitting, plus something called 'rec kds and adjustments' <-- what's that?
I went back on Tuesday to take photos of the road, and unfortunately, the biggest holes on that stretch have already been patched. We don't live nearby, so I couldn't get up there sooner, but now I think we have a toughie trying to claim back from the council, because I can't tell the depth of the hole(s) before it was repaired.
In any case, I filmed a video walking from the base of the hill up to the spot where the section of pot holes are, and also took photos, where I was measuring the potholes (the biggest one was 36" long).
It obviously stinks to have such a massive repair bill on a 63 plate car, especially through no fault of our own.
We're hesitant to claiming on car insurance, we don't have alloy wheel insurance (not that this would be covered anyhow). Getting compensation from the council is the obvious route, but I couldn't help but notice an article mentioning that Bucks CC only paid out 2% of pothole claims last year. Nevertheless, we're writing a FOI request to find out about maintenance and repair to that road.
Sounds like FTH is my next calling point.